Map Created by Tutorials

[AleDebby]

Map:

Mappa6.png

Map on DeviantArt

Created in: GIMP 2.8

I attend the forum for quite some time, but it is the first time that I show you one of my works. I took some brushset and tutorial from this forum and I have worked for a whole week. What you see above is the result. I hope you enjoy it. I think it is a typical example with which we can study and will get anywhere.

Good luck to everyone. I apologize in advance for my English.

Please feel free to leave comments!

AleDebby

[Freodin]

Congratulations for your first post and your first map... and a very nice map it is!

Good layout, very nice subtle choice of colors and a fine application of highlights. The snow covered peaks make the central mountain ridge stand out perfectly.

There's just two points I personally would like to see changed:
- the white outer glow for the settlement icons is a little too harsh in my opinion.
- several labels would benefit from a little less bending.

[arsheesh]

All in all a great first map! Welcome to the Guild AleDebby.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[AleDebby]

Thank you very much for the advice and for the nice words. For the next map will try to put them into practice.

Thank you very much for the welcome.

[Ilanthar]

Very fine map!

I like the overall feeling and the color choices. I have to agree with freodin about the white glow for your town icons though.

[AleDebby]

What do you advise me to highlight icons?

[Midgardsormr]

Maybe just reduce the opacity of the glow. The goal is to create a bit of separation between the icon and the terrain its on in order to increase the readability of the map. What I like to do is to put the opacity at zero, then bring it up slowly until the icon slightly lifts out of the details around it.

[AleDebby]

I found this beautiful mini-tutorial. Let's see what happens if I apply the advice to my city.

Thanks Midgardsormr for the advice. I will try it.

[Dragon-Wolf]

Wow! If this is your first map maybe I have some hope. Congrats on a beautiful piece of art.
I just downloaded Gimp and I've found no end of tutorials. In fact, so many it's a little confusing.
Which tutorials did you follow, if I may ask?

Ciao,
John

[AleDebby]

For the creation of the map that you have seen above I have followed two tuorial:

- Hand-Drawn Mapping (for the Artistically Challenged)
- Making Map Borders in GIMP

As noted above, for the icons of the cities I suggest this:

- Geographic Icons - A Mini-tut for GIMP and Inkscape

Good Work